title: Clinical studies of the Research Committee on Intractable Vasculitides, the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare of Japan.
abstract: In Japan, the Research Committee on Intractable Vasculitides, supported by the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, has been promoting basic and clinical research on vasculitis since 1972. The present Research Committee on Intractable Vasculitides comprises 4 subcommittees under the direction of a Principal Investigator: Basic and Pathological Research Subcommittee, Clinical Research Subcommittee of Small and Medium-sized Vessel Vasculitis, Clinical Research Subcommittee of Large-sized Vessel Vasculitis, and International Cooperation Research Subcommittee. Since 2008, 9 nationwide clinical studies for vasculitis have been conducted and 8 clinical and basic studies are in progress.
authors.affiliation: Principal Investigator of the Research Committee on Intractable Vasculitides, The Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare of Japan, Tokyo, Japan. makino@md.okayama-u.ac.jp.|Department of Medicine and Clinical Science, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, 2-5-1 Shikata-cho, Kita-ku, Okayama, 700-8558, Japan. makino@md.okayama-u.ac.jp.
authors.forename: Hirofumi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Makino
authors.affiliation: Secretariat of the Research Committee on Intractable Vasculitides, The Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare of Japan, Tokyo, Japan.|Department of Medicine and Clinical Science, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, 2-5-1 Shikata-cho, Kita-ku, Okayama, 700-8558, Japan.
authors.forename: Ken-Ei
authors.initials: KE
authors.lastname: Sada
mesh_terms: D026683:Advisory Committees; D000818:Animals; D035843:Biomedical Research / Q000458:organization & administration*; D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D006078:Government Programs; D033161:Government Regulation; D006801:Humans; D033183:Interdisciplinary Communication; D007564:Japan; D012307:Risk Factors; D056647:Systemic Vasculitis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000628:therapy; D016896:Treatment Outcome